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2015 Code of Virginia
Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation
Chapter 1. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS- § 65.2-100. Short title
- § 65.2-101. Definitions
- § 65.2-101.1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail
- § 65.2-102. Coverage of firefighters and law-enforcement officers in off-duty capacity
- § 65.2-103. Coverage of members of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force during response to orders
- § 65.2-104. Coverage of first responders in off-duty capacity during state of emergency
- § 65.2-105. Presumption that certain injuries arose out of and in the course of employment
- § 65.2-106. Criminal justice training academy trainees
- § 65.2-200. Industrial Commission continued as the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission; number, election and terms of members; vacancies; Chairman; members to devote entire time to office
- § 65.2-201. General duties and powers of the Commission
- § 65.2-202. Subpoena powers of the Commission; production of records and papers
- § 65.2-203. Powers and duties of deputy commissioners and bailiffs
- § 65.2-204. Administrative provisions: offices, meetings, travel, salary, and expenses
- § 65.2-300. Presumption of acceptance of provisions of title; exemptions; notice and rejection
- § 65.2-301. Victims of sexual assault
- § 65.2-301.1. Public safety officers
- § 65.2-302. Statutory employer
- § 65.2-303. Recovery from subcontractor; proceedings against owner or contractor
- § 65.2-304. Indemnity of principal from subcontractor
- § 65.2-305. Voluntary subjection to provisions of title; effect of taking out insurance or qualifying as self-insurer
- § 65.2-306. When compensation not allowed for injury or death; burden of proof
- § 65.2-307. Employee's rights under Act exclude all others; exception
- § 65.2-308. Discharge of employee for exercising rights prohibited; civil action; relief
- § 65.2-309. Lien against settlement proceeds or verdict in third party suit; subrogation of employer to employee's rights against third parties; evidence; recovery; compromise
- § 65.2-309.1. Creation of lien and subrogation of employer to employee's rights to recover uninsured or underinsured motorist benefits pursuant to insurance coverage carried by and at the expense of employer
- § 65.2-310. Protection of employer when employee sues third party
- § 65.2-311. Expenses and attorney's fees in action under § 65.2-309 or § 65.2-310
- § 65.2-312. False statements, representations, etc., in connection with an award; penalties
- § 65.2-313. Method of determining employer's offset in event of recovery under § 65.2-309 or § 65.2-310
- § 65.2-400. "Occupational disease" defined
- § 65.2-401. "Ordinary disease of life" coverage
- § 65.2-402. Presumption as to death or disability from respiratory disease, hypertension or heart disease, cancer
- § 65.2-402.1. Presumption as to death or disability from infectious disease
- § 65.2-403. Provisions in respect to injury by accident, etc., applicable to occupational disease
- § 65.2-404. What employer and carrier liability
- § 65.2-405. Notice to be given
- § 65.2-406. Limitation upon claim; diseases covered by limitation
- § 65.2-407. Waiver
- § 65.2-500. Compensation for total incapacity; computation of average wage; exclusion of AmeriCorps members, certain Food Stamp Employment and Training Program participants, and certain Temporary Assistance for Needy Families participants
- § 65.2-501. Incapacity after permanent loss
- § 65.2-502. Compensation for partial incapacity; exclusion of AmeriCorps members, certain Food Stamp Employment and Training Program participants, and certain Temporary Assistance for Needy Families participants
- § 65.2-503. Permanent loss
- § 65.2-504. Compensation for disability from coal worker's pneumoconiosis; insurance of coal operator
- § 65.2-505. Injuries in different employments; injury to employee with disability; subsequent permanent injury by accident in service to employer
- § 65.2-506. Compensation after second injury in same employment
- § 65.2-507. Same employment; when both injuries permanent
- § 65.2-508. Foreign injuries
- § 65.2-509. Commencement of compensation
- § 65.2-510. Refusal of employment; compensation for partial incapacity
- § 65.2-510.1. Employee imprisonment; suspension of benefits
- § 65.2-511. Compensation to employee's distributees upon his death from any other cause
- § 65.2-512. Compensation to dependents of an employee killed; burial expenses
- § 65.2-513. Compensation for death from coal worker's pneumoconiosis; determining whether death was due to pneumoconiosis or any chronic occupational lung disease
- § 65.2-514. Special provisions for coal worker's pneumoconiosis claims for total disability or death
- § 65.2-515. Persons conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent
- § 65.2-516. Other cases of dependency
- § 65.2-517. Termination of dependency
- § 65.2-518. Limitation upon total compensation
- § 65.2-519. When limitations inapplicable to injuries arising out of pneumoconiosis
- § 65.2-520. Voluntary payment by employer
- § 65.2-521. Time of payment
- § 65.2-522. Lump sum payments, generally
- § 65.2-523. Lump sum payments to trustees
- § 65.2-524. Failure to pay compensation within two weeks after it becomes due
- § 65.2-525. Who may receive payment and receipt therefor
- § 65.2-526. Payment to junior dependents in good faith
- § 65.2-527. When employee's rights exercised by guardian or trustee
- § 65.2-528. Time limitations on persons under disability
- § 65.2-529. Joint service
- § 65.2-530. Preferences and priorities
- § 65.2-531. Assignments of compensation; exemption from creditors' claims
- § 65.2-600. Notice of accident
- § 65.2-601. Time for filing claim
- § 65.2-601.1. Effect of filing claim; stay of debt collection activities by health care providers
- § 65.2-602. Tolling of statute of limitations
- § 65.2-603. Duty to furnish medical attention, etc., and vocational rehabilitation; effect of refusal of employee to accept
- § 65.2-603.1. Use of therapeutically equivalent drug products required
- § 65.2-604. Furnishing copy of medical report
- § 65.2-605. Liability of employer for medical services ordered by Commission; malpractice; assistants-at-surgery; coding
- § 65.2-605.1. Prompt payment; limitation on claims
- § 65.2-606. Physicians for medical examination
- § 65.2-607. Medical examination; physician-patient privilege inapplicable; autopsy
- § 65.2-700. Jurisdiction of Commission
- § 65.2-701. Agreement as to compensation; penalty
- § 65.2-702. Disagreement on compensation; venue
- § 65.2-703. Interrogatories and depositions
- § 65.2-704. Hearing; award or opinion by Commission
- § 65.2-705. Review of award; rehearing
- § 65.2-706. Conclusiveness of award; appeal
- § 65.2-706.1. Estoppel effect of a Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission determination of employment status
- § 65.2-707. Interest on appealed award
- § 65.2-708. Review of award on change in condition
- § 65.2-709. Cost of living supplements for total incapacity and dependents of deceased
- § 65.2-710. Enforcement, etc., of orders and awards
- § 65.2-711. Reporting of address change by employee; suspension of payment of benefits
- § 65.2-712. Reporting incarcerations, change in earnings, remarriage, change in student status; recovery of payments procured by fraud, misrepresentation, or unreported change in condition
- § 65.2-713. Costs
- § 65.2-714. Fees of attorneys and physicians and hospital charges
- § 65.2-715. Providing written information
- § 65.2-800. Duty to insure payment of compensation; effect of insurance
- § 65.2-801. Insurance or proof of financial ability to pay required
- § 65.2-802. Requirements for licensure as group self-insurance association; annual assessment
- § 65.2-803. Administrator and service company affiliation prohibited; exception
- § 65.2-803.1. Requirements for registration as professional employer organization; annual assessment
- § 65.2-804. Evidence of compliance with title; notices of cancellation of insurance
- § 65.2-805. Civil penalty for violation of §§ 65.2-800, 65.2-803.1, and 65.2-804
- § 65.2-806. Criminal penalties
- § 65.2-807. Cost of insurance may not be deducted from wages
- § 65.2-808. Self-insurance certificate
- § 65.2-809. Constructive notice to, jurisdiction of, and awards, etc., binding upon insurer
- § 65.2-810. How formal notice may be given
- § 65.2-811. Liability of insurer
- § 65.2-812. Subrogation of insurance carrier to employer's rights; compromise
- § 65.2-813. Insurance deemed subject to title; approval of forms
- § 65.2-813.1. Insurers offering policies with deductibles
- § 65.2-813.2. Premium discounts; drug-free workplace programs
- § 65.2-814. Insurer to furnish written evidence of coverage on request
- § 65.2-815. Group self-insurance association required to furnish written evidence of membership
- § 65.2-816. Title not applicable to boiler, etc., insurance
- § 65.2-817. Rates; cooperation between State Corporation Commission and Workers' Compensation Commission
- § 65.2-818. Minimum standards of service for insurers
- § 65.2-819. Penalty for violation of certain provisions
- § 65.2-820. Application to State Corporation Commission for assignment of risk; insurer assigned risk to issue policy
- § 65.2-821. State Corporation Commission to make rules and regulations, and establish rating schedules and rates
- § 65.2-822. Action by State Corporation Commission upon application
- § 65.2-823. Information filed with State Corporation Commission by insurance carrier to be confidential; exception
- § 65.2-824. Disclosures not required of State Corporation Commission; liability for acts or omissions
- § 65.2-900. Records and reports of accidents
- § 65.2-901. Report of number of employees, hours of work, etc
- § 65.2-902. Failure to make required reports; civil penalty
- § 65.2-903. Records not public
- § 65.2-1000. Tax for administrative fund
- § 65.2-1001. Returns
- § 65.2-1002. Payment of tax
- § 65.2-1003. Failure to file return
- § 65.2-1004. Withdrawal from business or failure to pay tax
- § 65.2-1005. Tax exclusive of other taxes
- § 65.2-1006. Payroll reports of self-insurers and tax thereon; withholding or providing false or misleading information
- § 65.2-1007. Disposition of fund
- § 65.2-1008. When fund in excess of requirement
- § 65.2-1100. Fund created
- § 65.2-1101. Funding
- § 65.2-1102. Disability defined
- § 65.2-1103. When awards entered
- § 65.2-1104. Award for compensation, medical treatment and vocational rehabilitation
- § 65.2-1105. Payments by fraud, mistake or improper processing of claim; recovery
- § 65.2-1106. Claims and hearings
- § 65.2-1200. Fund created
- § 65.2-1201. Financing; tax
- § 65.2-1201. (Effective until July 1, 2015) Financing; tax
- § 65.2-1202. Defense of claims against fund by Attorney General
- § 65.2-1203. Awards
- § 65.2-1204. Subrogation and recoupment
- § 65.2-1205. Notification of change in earnings; change in award
- § 65.2-1206. Payments procured by fraud, mistake or unreported change in condition; recovery
- § 65.2-1300. Definitions
- § 65.2-1301. Statewide Coordinating Committee; membership; terms
- § 65.2-1302. Compensation and expenses of members of Statewide Coordinating Committee and regional peer review committees
- § 65.2-1303. Regional peer review committees
- § 65.2-1304. Utilization review program
- § 65.2-1305. Peer review program
- § 65.2-1306. Corrective action
- § 65.2-1307. Immunity of Committee members from liability
- § 65.2-1308. Privileged communications
- § 65.2-1309. Employment of Committee staff; contracts for services; rules and regulations
- § 65.2-1310. Funding
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